Reporting of Imported Goods Regulations (SOR/86-873)

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Reporting of Imported Goods Regulations

SOR/86-873

CUSTOMS ACT

Registration 1986-08-14

Regulations Respecting the Reporting of Imported Goods

P.C. 1986-1842 1986-08-13

Whereas, pursuant to subsection 164(3) of the Customs Act, a copy of proposed Regulations, substantially in the form annexed hereto, was published in Part I of the Canada Gazette on March 29, 1986 and a reasonable opportunity was thereby afforded to interested persons to make representations with respect thereto to the Minister of National Revenue.

Therefore, Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of National Revenue, pursuant to section 12, subsections 14(2) and 18(2) and paragraph 164(1)(i) of the Customs ActFootnote *, is pleased hereby to make the annexed Regulations respecting the reporting of imported goods, effective on the coming into force of section 12, subsections 14(2) and 18(2) and paragraph 164(1)(i) of the Customs Act.

SHORT TITLE

 These Regulations may be cited as the Reporting of Imported Goods Regulations.

INTERPRETATION

 In these Regulations,

“Act”

“Act” means the Customs Act; (Loi)

“ACI Marine Client Document”

“ACI Marine Client Document”[Repealed, SOR/2006-148, s. 1]

“break-bulk goods”

“break-bulk goods” means specified goods other than

  • (a) goods within cargo containers,

  • (b) bulk goods, or

  • (c) empty cargo containers; (marchandises diverses)

“bulk goods”

“bulk goods” means, in respect of goods transported by a vessel, goods that are loose or in mass, such that they are confined only by the permanent structures of the vessel, without intermediate containment or intermediate packaging; (marchandises en vrac)

“cargo container”

“cargo container” means a container that

  • (a) is fully or partially enclosed to constitute a receptacle intended for containing goods,

  • (b) is of a permanent character and is suitable for repeated use,

  • (c) is designed to carry goods, by one or more modes of transport, without intermediate reloading, and

  • (d) has an internal volume of one or more cubic metres,

and includes the ancillary equipment of the container — provided that the ancillary equipment is carried with the container — and demountable bodies; (conteneur)

“CBSA”

“CBSA”[Repealed, SOR/2006-155, s. 1]

“chief officer of customs”

“chief officer of customs”, with respect to an area or place, means the manager of the customs office or customs offices that serve that area or place; (agent en chef des douanes)

“commercial goods”

“commercial goods” means goods to be imported into Canada for sale or for any commercial, industrial, occupational, institutional or other like use; (marchandises commerciales)

“commercial passenger conveyance”

“commercial passenger conveyance” has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Presentation of Persons (2003) Regulations; (moyen de transport commercial de passagers)

“corporate aircraft”

“corporate aircraft” has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Presentation of Persons (2003) Regulations; (aéronef d’affaires)

“CSA carrier”

“CSA carrier” has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Accounting for Imported Goods and Payment of Duties Regulations; (transporteur PAD)

“CSA importer”

“CSA importer” has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Accounting for Imported Goods and Payment of Duties Regulations; (importateur PAD)

“designated customs office”

“designated customs office” means a place designated under section 5 of the Act as a customs office where goods may be reported under section 12 of the Act; (bureau de douane établi)

“designated holding area”

“designated holding area” means a room or other area designated by the President for the use of persons arriving in Canada who are in transit to another place in Canada or to a place outside Canada; (zone d’attente désignée)

Electronic Commerce Client Requirements Document

Electronic Commerce Client Requirements Document means the Electronic Commerce Client Requirements Document established by the Agency, as amended from time to time; (Document sur les exigences à l’égard des clients du commerce électronique)

“eligible goods”

“eligible goods” has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Accounting for Imported Goods and Payment of Duties Regulations; (marchandises admissibles)

“international commercial transportation”

“international commercial transportation” means

  • (a) any transportation resulting in, or intended to result in, the carriage of persons or goods for hire or reward, or

  • (b) any transportation of persons or goods by or on behalf of an enterprise engaged in an activity of financial return,

where the persons or goods are conveyed

  • (c) from a place outside Canada to a place inside Canada,

  • (d) from a place inside Canada to a place outside Canada, or

  • (e) from a place outside Canada in transit through Canada to a place outside Canada; (transport commercial international)

“List of Tariff Provisions”

“List of Tariff Provisions” means the List of Tariff Provisions set out in the schedule to the Customs Tariff; (liste des dispositions tarifaires)

“marine pleasure craft”

“marine pleasure craft” has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Presentation of Persons (2003) Regulations; (embarcation de plaisance)

“participants’ requirements document”

“participants’ requirements document”[Repealed, SOR/2006-155, s. 1]

“private aircraft”

“private aircraft” has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Presentation of Persons (2003) Regulations; (aéronef privé)

“time of departure”

“time of departure”, in respect of an aircraft, means the eastern standard time or, if it is in effect, the eastern daylight savings time at which the aircraft leaves the gate or dock of the airport of departure and, if the aircraft is not departing from a gate or dock, the time at which the blocks are removed from the wheels of the aircraft before its departure. (heure du départ)

“vessel”

“vessel” means

  • (a) any ship, vessel, dredge, scow, yacht, boat or other water-borne craft, and

  • (b) any floating submersible or semi-submersible structure such as a dock, caisson, pontoon, coffer-dam, production platform, drilling ship, drilling barge, drilling rig, jack-up drilling ship, jack-up drilling platform or other drilling platform. (bateau)

  • (c[Repealed, SOR/2008-25, s. 1]

  • SOR/88-77, s. 1;
  • SOR/96-156, s. 1;
  • SOR/98-53, s. 2;
  • SOR/2005-175, s. 1;
  • SOR/2005-303, s. 1;
  • SOR/2005-387, s. 1;
  • SOR/2006-148, s. 1;
  • SOR/2006-155, ss. 1, 6;
  • SOR/2008-25, s. 1.